National Security Agency

Gemalto Confirms It Was HackedGemalto, the world’s largest manufacturer of SIM cards, is confirming that its computer networks were indeed attacked by a sophisticated intrusion between the years 2010 and 2011, corroborating allegations that the...

Edward Snowden Can be in United States via A RobotIn March, the world’s most famous whistleblower Edward Snowden chatted with a Ted audience in Vancouver using a $16,000 Beam — a telepresence robot that is essentially a screen on a stick on wheels — which can be...

How Heartbleed HappenedLast week during the Heartbleed chaos I wrote two articles, one outlining how to stay safe and the other explaining what heartbleed actually is. As we enter this week it is clear that we are far from out of the woods,...

NSA reportedly targeted HuaweiBERLIN (AP) — U.S. intelligence agencies hacked into the email servers of Chinese tech giant Huawei five years ago, around the time concerns were growing in Washington that the telecommunications equipment manufacturer...

NSA collects all phone calls in a foreign countryWASHINGTON (AP) — The National Security Agency has been recording all of a foreign country's phone calls, then listening to the conversations up to a month later, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. At the request of...

Mar 18 2014, 3:16pm CDT

Zuckerberg voices frustration with Obama over NSANEW YORK (AP) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he has called President Barack Obama to express his frustration over what he says is long-lasting damage caused by the U.S. government's surveillance programs. Posting...

WikiLeaks' Assange: hints at more leaks at NSAAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Speaking over Skype from the Ecuadorian embassy in London, fugitive WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said his living situation is a bit like prison — with a more lenient visitor policy. He also...

Mar 8 2014, 3:56pm CST

Report: UK Spies intercept Webcams and NudityLONDON (AP) — Britain's signals intelligence division is stealing screenshots from hundreds of thousands of innocent Yahoo users' webcam videos, according to the Guardian newspaper, which also reported that the years-...

Feb 27 2014, 2:08pm CST

Security Experts At RSA Decry Government HackingThere’s an old expression, “I’ve met the enemy and he is us.” When it comes to cyber-security, “us” may just stand for “U.S.” I’ve attended the RSA security conference for many years years and am accustomed to security...

Edward Snowden Poves that NSA and GCHQ Spied on WikiLeaksNot a day goes by when the sneaky Edward Snowden doesn’t let out a novel piece of news that shocks the world. The latest is that the whistleblower has proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that the NSA and GCHQ spied on WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange. Even those who visited WikiLeaks were not spared according to Snowden.

States Scrambling to Curtail government surveillanceStates hope steps to rein in government surveillance will prompt federal changes PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Angry over revelations of National Security Agency surveillance and frustrated with what they consider outdated...

Kerry seeks to calm German anger at NSA reportsKerry says US, Germany will put 'bumps in the road' over NSA revelations behind them BERLIN (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday that relations with Germany have gone through a "rough patch" recently...

Jan 31 2014, 9:28pm CST

It Is A Scandal That No One is Investigating the NSAI am simply stunned that others have not been calling for a full investigation of the NSA surveillance program (see earlier blog). It has been nearly eight months since The Guardian’s first report on June 5, 2013...

Mobile Apps Give NSA Access To Personal DataThe next time you play Angry Birds or Candy Crush Saga, just remember: Big Brother is watching you. Or, at least, information about you may be finding its way into NSA data-banks. Which may or may not come as...

US looks at ways to prevent spying on its spyingAP Exclusive: US considers how to prevent spying on its searches of Americans' phone records WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government is looking at ways to prevent anyone from spying on its own surveillance of Americans'...

Jan 28 2014, 3:45am CST

US looking to stop spying on NSA spyingAP Exclusive: US considers how to prevent spying on NSA's searches of Americans' phone records WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Obama administration considers ending the storage of millions of phone records by the National...

Jan 28 2014, 3:15am CST

Gov't, Internet companies Agree at last on disclosureUS reaches deal with Internet companies on requests to reveal demands for customer information WASHINGTON (AP) — Technology companies and privacy advocates are praising a new government compromise that will allow the...

Gov't, Internet companies Compromise on disclosureUS reaches deal with Internet companies on requests to reveal demands for customer information WASHINGTON (AP) — The government and leading Internet companies on Monday announced a compromise that will allow those...